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This is a collection of articles etc. I have published on other platforms. The Wonders of Foreign Travel – Travelling to foreign countries is a wonderful way of widening our horizon. I think we should do it much more, in order to get a better understanding of our fellow human beings. Institution Building in Iraq Isn’t Working, Here’s Why – A summary of my experiences in Iraq and why I think Western nations‘ efforts are not being as fruitful as they could be. You are not a Crusader, Dude – A critical look at the glorification of crusaders and crusading in Western military culture. OperationalRead More →

I am super late to the game. You might have noticed that we have 2020 now and this post is over a year too late. I am sorry for that. I wrote this post, let it sit around in my (now improved but formerly less-than-effective) folder structure and forgot about it. I still think it might be valuable to some, and in the spirit of “better late than never” here it is. Inspired by similar posts on The Green Notebook and 3×5 Leadership, here is a list of books I read in 2018 and what I think of them. Which books did you read inRead More →

Total War: Three Kingdoms

I discovered Total War: Three Kingdoms, part of the Total War(*) computer game series by The Creative Assembly and SEGA that is set in China during the period of the Three Kingdoms, in the summer of 2019. This experience, coupled with listening to the audiobook version of The Revenge of Geography got me once again thinking about cultural ignorance (I previously wrote about it here) in Western societies(**). I am a “Total War veteran,” I own most of the Total War games and spent a lot of time on them. But Three Kingdoms is a real struggle. Whereas there is a basic familiarity with the events, geography, and people of the period with all of the other TotalRead More →